Twenty years ago, Dan O'Dowd was the director of baseball operations/assistant general manager for an Indians team that won its third consecutive American League Central title and advanced to the World Series for the second time in three years.
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Bill Ziegler was hoping to get an autograph of his childhood idol, Ted Williams, when, as a 24-year-old, assistant trainer at Florida State University, he applied for the trainer's job with the Washington Senators, whom Williams was managing.
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For Art Howe, the memories are bittersweet. It was 15 years ago that Howe managed the A's to a then-American League-record 20 consecutive wins. That record was surpassed when the Indians won their 21st consecutive game on Wednesday afternoon, 5-3, over the Tigers.
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The sun was just rising on Labor Day morning when Ian Desmond arrived at Coors Field with a mission to accomplish. With the help of some of the clubhouse workers, Desmond rearranged the furniture in the Rockies' clubhouse before his teammates showed up.
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In more than 60 years in professional baseball, from his days as a part-time scout while he was coaching high school and college football, to his emergence as one of the most astute evaluators in baseball, Mel Didier earned the respect of his peers.
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"I don't think anybody saw this coming," said manager Bruce Bochy. "Really, there is no logic to it. &#8230; You depend on your guys having their normal years, maybe get a surprise or two. We haven't had that, to be honest."
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Clint Hurdle still fits with the Pirates. The franchise made things official on Tuesday, when Hurdle and general manager Neal Huntington, the man who made the decision to hire Hurdle to manage the Bucs, were both given contract extensions through 2021.
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At 34 years old, but still feeling there is plenty of time left in his baseball career, Justin Verlander accepted a trade from the struggling Tigers to the American League West-leading Astros late Thursday night, putting him in position to be a part of the playoffs for the sixth time in his career.
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The 162-game grind has been reduced to a final-month push, and while the Dodgers have all but made their National League West title official, the division will still be a focal point over the next 31 days.
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By the time the calendar flipped to February, Mark Reynolds found his baseball career in limbo. He had turned down a multi-year proposal to return to the Rockies back in October, which prompted them to instead sign Ian Desmond to a five-year deal with the idea that Desmond would eventually become Ben Zobrist-plus.
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In the aftermath of the 1994 work stoppage that forced the cancellation of the World Series for the first time since 1904, wiped out the final weeks of that regular season and shortened the 1995 regular season, then-Commissioner Bud Selig instituted the addition of the Wild Card to the postseason.
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In the early stages of a major rebuild, the Brewers have put the future on hold. It's about now for the Brew Crew. Early in the season, they could be viewed as an oddity, but the campaign is headed down the backstretch and the Brewers are very much in the midst of both the National League Central and the NL Wild Card races. And that, not the future, has become the focus.
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